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Jussi Pakkanen 7 years ago committed by Nirbheek Chauhan
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/path/to/meson.py introspect`. The user is responsible for splitting /path/to/meson.py introspect`. The user is responsible for splitting
the string to an array if needed. the string to an array if needed.
- `override_find_program(progname, program)` specifies that whenever
`find_program` is used to find a program named `progname`, Meson
should not not look it up on the system but instead return
`program`, which may either be the result of `find_program` or
`configure_file`.
- `project_version()` returns the version string specified in `project` function call. - `project_version()` returns the version string specified in `project` function call.
- `project_license()` returns the array of licenses specified in `project` function call. - `project_license()` returns the array of licenses specified in `project` function call.

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## Can override find_program
It is now possible to override the result of `find_program` to point
to a custom program you want. The overriding is global and applies to
every subproject from there on. Here is how you would use it.
In master project
```meson
subproject('mydep')
```
In the called subproject:
```meson
prog = find_program('my_custom_script')
meson.override_find_program('mycodegen', prog)
```
In master project (or, in fact, any subproject):
```meson
genprog = find_program('mycodegen')
```
Now `genprog` points to the custom script. If the dependency had come
from the system, then it would point to the system version.
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